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wrong with the stun2" he demanded sud-
denly, in q rough voice.

She b'enched, but, by q desperate effort,
recovered her composure. 81 don't know
what you mean," she said. IL left kies
on the glass for you-that's ALL"
Grady took the glass IN his hand with a
slow movement, not removing his eyes
from her face. He raised it half way to
his mouth, then paused again. The strain
was too much for her. She uttered a
stifed cry and pressed her hands over her
eyes. At the same instant Grady dashed
the glass to the ground, smashing it to
fragments.
"You wanted murder, did your" she
heard him say in q low growl. "Well,
you shall have one: but 1'll do the muir
dering instead OF your He made
quick movement and seized her arm
with his hand, just below the elbow.
There was horrible stare in his eyes: it
was death looking her in the face.
She screamed once, land with the supple
movement OF snake twisted her arm out
Of his grasp, leaving half of her sleeve
uehind. She sprang behind the table,
every nerve tense with the agony OF fear.
But he was between her and the door.
There was no hope of escape. He raised
the table in his arms aud fang it to one
side; it broke as it fell, and lay heap OF
fragments On the floor. She retreated to
the further corner of the room. Oh for
dagger pistol! Ga for the strength of
giant! Why had God made her a WON
en?"
For moment Grady did not advance.
He stood facing her, his arms hanging at
his sides. Was he lingering thus in order
to increase her torture? How strange he
looked. Was anything the matter with
| him? His face had q red flush over it,and
the veins stood out on his thick, short
neck and on his temples. His eyes were
dull and bloodshot and seemed to pro-
trude. He swsyed slightly, as if about to
fell.
But at once, by a manifest effort, he re-
gained command of himself and made
plunge towards her, spreading out his
arms to grasp her. 1t did not seem pos
sible that she should escape again; but st
the instant before his arm touched her
she crouched suddenly down, so that his
arm swept over her head, and leaped out
behind him. The door was now before
her; but in her haste to reach it she did
not look to her footing, and her foot
struck the fragments OF the broken table;
she WAS thrown forward and fell heavily
on her side. From that fall she never eX-
pected to rise again.
Yet she struggled to her feet, bruised
and aching, just as Grady, who was
strangely sluggish in his movements, had
recovered from his Intellectual effort and
was making towards her once more. One
of her hands had instinctively closed
round the leg Of the table, and GO she
rose she struck at him with it desperately.
1t descended full on his face and flew
from her hand. She tottered backwards,
and would have fallen again had not her
shoulders come in contact with the door.
As Grady again advanced her hand came
in contact with the door knob; she
turned it, the door opened outWsrIs, and
she was in the passage. She slammed
| the door violently and fed. Before she
could reach the street door Grady's heavy
. ster seundec behind her in the darkness.
On, II this door should be locked!
} But fortune favored her. The door
opened It a touch; she did not stop to
close IL behind her, for even II Grady pur-
sued her she was safe from violence in
the open street. But ne did not pursue
Ter. When she reached the end of the
block she looked around. A boy came
4 whistliDg up the avenue. a horse Cal
was jingling and rumbling towards her ii
e the opposite direction. There was Nc
? sign Of her terrible antagonist. She haC
q saved her body alive, whatever might b'
n the case with her soul.
. CHAPTER XII.
d There is in New York large class Of
v persons who are SO unfortunately Consti
d tuted as TO be good tor nothing at all
e Partly from inherited feebleness, partl,
/ from poor food and living accommods
t. tons, their health is never robust, ant
It their moral and mental qualities are sim
y ilarly starved and stuuted. They hav
e not the energy to become laborers, no
e the nerve and intelligence to becom
', successful criminals. They are Away
it ready to steal end eager to enjoy tn
it profits thereof, but they dread the conse
le quences too much risk to them
le unless under the stimulus al
impulse of minds stronger tina
er their own. The same weakness
OF fiber which lures them into crime rel
h, ders them nervous and apprehensive afte
the deed has been committed, and rattle
Id than suffer the full penalty Of their mis-
he deeds they will betray their accomplices
i, or, if undetected, they will promise then
Of selves to reform, and on the next occs
le SON break their promises. Honest me
gre unwilling to employ such person
;" lest they should prove faitnless to the
* trusts, and professional thieves are sh
of them, lest they sEould weaken at Il
st critical moment. Their torpid sense
crave the spur of drink, and this,
ed course, increases their untrustWorthine:
nd either for good or evil.
he A creature Of this stamp, destined
make an unenviable name for himseI
is, had for many years been shambling abo
at New York. He wss the child of Iri
Y immigrants of the lowest class, born
the slums Of the city, and his CO!
ee. genitslly worthless nature was render'
cty still more so by his surroundings O.
'as day, when he was q boy of ten, he W
ere walking with some companions along
street on the East Side when they pass
TIL polk butchers shop. There had be-
inc no mest IN the house for several da
l2t past, nor much of anything else.
Ut. large ham was temptingly displayed on
Ter side the door of the shop, and the b.
ere stared at 1t with hungry eyes. Some o
q mdttered something in the boys ear q
lAe walked ON. Patrick remained behind, b
of and cold with greed and fear. 1t W
easy to snatch up the ham and run, b
lie what if he should be detected? He hu
the about the shop for several minutes, wi
the his hands in his ragged pockets and
AS will vacillating between this and tn
ned Meanwhile he took pains to keep out
ee! the light Of the shop window and to 10
anywhere except ct the ham, but he CT
D." culated exactly the number OF steps
II would have to make in order to reach